Most of Professor Rhodes' talk was on how higher education has changed over the years, with events such as the establishment of technical colleges and polytechnics, the removal of the distinction between polytechnics and universities, and the government target of 50% of all school leavers going to university.

So why am I posting a talk about higher education in the environmental section of TS? I think this becomes clearer in the second video, which looks at the challenges which will face us as the consequences of climate change take hold, as resources are depleted, and whether an education system intent on churning out an army of graduates is really the best way of facing these challenges.

On an unrelated note, these are the first videos I've made using Pinnacle - thanks Geoff

I got to grips with how to use it pretty quickly, certainly it beats the Windows 7 version of Movie Maker into a metaphorical cocked hat, and my PC barely broke into a sweat during the whole process. I think it'll take me a while to make sense of the rather bewildering array of format and quality options for the final video file though.

Re: The ppt slides: You could import those slides into Pinnacle and 'PiP' them, that is, display them picture in picture (This would obviously look better in 16:9 than 4:3, but your new camera will sort that)

Re: Pinnacle: My pleasure Simon, I'm glad you're finding it useful - I much prefer to pass s/w onto people that will make use of it rather than have it gathering dust on my shelves.